DESCRIPTIONS 



OF 



TWO NEW SPECIES OF CICADIDAE 

 FROM THE BELGIAN CONGO 



BY 



W. L. DISTANT. 



SUBFAM. CICADIN^. 



Munza signala sp. n. 



Head, pronotum and mesonotum ochraceous; anterior margin of front, a 

 transverse fascia to vertex, the latéral margins of same — enclosing a small 

 pale spot at anterior angles, a narrow central longitudinal fascia to prono- 

 tum and the fissures to same, four large obconical spots to mesonotum — 

 the two central ones smallest — and part of the anterior angles of the basai 

 cruciform élévation, black; abdomen above black, the segmentai margins 

 narrow and castaneous; head beneath, sternum and legs ochraceous; an ante- 

 rior transverse fascia between eyes, the central dépression and latéral stria- 

 tions to face, linear streaks to femora, and apices of tibia3 and tarsi, black or 

 piceous; opercula and abdomen beneath piceous, margins of opercula and 

 segmentai margins to abdomen, ochraceous; tegmina semi-hyaline, the base 

 black, foUowed by a transverse opaque creamy-white fascia the outer 

 margin of wliich is fuscous, its base connected with costal membrane hj an 

 outward}^ curved narrow fuscous fascia, a short oblique transverse fascia 

 before apex ad two or tliree spots near iuner angle, fuscous; wings black, a 

 large creamy-white spot near upper end of the black area, the apical and 

 posterior margins broady pale hyaline ; head not froutallj^ produced, more or 



